Weekly Announcements for Week of 1/31-2/6

Dear SBSC families, 
Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week. Riley HS Group 1 Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Tuesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 5:30-7:30 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students) Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 7:00-8:15 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 7:00-8:30 CST Practice Notes: No practice at Riley on Thursday or Friday due to the Girls IHSAA Sectional meet. Swimming prelims are being held on Thursday and diving prelims/finals are being held on Friday. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at awojtysiak@npusc.k12.in.us Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dryland clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one. Munster Invite Here are our results from Friday's meet, our updated all-time Top 10, and our most current qualifiers page. We had some great swims on Friday night. We had 12 athletes compete, all swam 5 events, in just under 2.5 hours, and every single one of them had at least 2 best times! 9 of our swimmers had 4 or 5 best times!! Some highlights includes 26 of the 70 events we swam were under the Divisional time standard and 3 others, by Addy Szakaly, were under the STATE time standard! We also had several near misses for both Divisional and State cuts. Our swimmers are swimming FAST right now! Addy also now holds all three backstroke records for the 11-12 girls after lowering her own record in the 200 back and breaking a nearly 6 year old record in the 100 back previously held by Autumn Baumgartner. Our last two meets have been so much fun, not just for our athletes but our coaches as well. The SBSC swimmers are dropping time almost every time they hit the water. These young athletes have shown so much resiliency this season and I couldn't be more proud of them. NCISC Winter Championships-Goshen Middle School 2/13 --and-- CON Last Chance Invite Concord High School 2/26-28 We are adding two meets to our schedule and they will have limited numbers. Goshen-3 sessions, 10&U, 11-12, and 13&O. They want to limit each session to 65 swimmers so please indicate as soon as possible if you plan on attending. Concord- This came directly from the CON meet chair: Friday PM - Session 1 - 11-12s (500 Free & 200 IM) Warmups @4, Meet start@445, Meet over by 6pm - Session 2 - 13 & overs (500 Free & 400 IM) Warmups @6, Meet Starts@645, Meet over by 8:15pm This would be about 35/40 minutes of warmup with one shift. We can accommodate 80 swimmers on deck per session. If we have more than 80, we will use the spectator gallery to spread out more athletes and need to extend warm-up times with two shifts. Based on last year's meet, we think we would have less than 80 swimmers in each session. Saturday & Sunday AM - Session 3 & Session 6 - 11-12s - Warmups @7, Meet starts@810, Meet over by 10:15am This timeline plans for 2 shifts of warmups at 30 min each. We would like to allow spectators for our younger athletes. We plan to have a clean deck and all athletes be in the activity center (gym across the hall). All athletes would be clerked. If we have 80 or less swimmers, we adjust this plan. Based on last year, we had 120-130 swimmers. Saturday & Sunday Lunch - Session 4 & 7 - 10 & unders - Warmups @10:45, Meet Starts@12pm, Meet over by 2pm This timeline plans for 2 shifts of warmups at 30 min each. Based on last years meet, we had 160-190 swimmers in this age group. We cannot accommodate this many athletes. We will need to limit this session to no more than 150. We again plan to have a clean deck so we can have spectators. Athletes will be in the activity center across the hall. All swimmers clerked. If we have less than 80, we can adjust the plan. Saturday & Sunday Afternoon - Session 5 & 8 - Open - Warmups @2pm, Meet Starts@330pm, Meet over by 6:30pm This timeline also plans for 2 shifts of warmups at 40 min each. We plan to have no spectators for this session. Athletes can spread out in the spectator gallery and on deck. Last year we had 160-180 swimmers in this age group. This group would not necessarily need to be clerked, but we would like to limit the number of athletes behind the blocks during the meet. We are discussing doing the time trial on Sunday evening. We plan to have relays first to help clear the deck faster but have discussed removing them should the timeline require it. For the 11-12 & 10 & under sessions, with athletes in the activity center, we may ask teams to provide a Marshall or two for there team to help get kids to the clerk as well as off deck after they race. Please make sure to indicate you would like to swim ASAP. High School Swimmers Returning To Club If you are the parent of high school swimmer please email me the date they plan to return to practice. My hope is the Monday following their last high school meet, but I know that is always not the case. The last three weeks in February may require us to find additional pool space based on the number of girls returning. In the past our G3 girls would practice with Group 2 until the boys high school season was completed. We know have 27 swimmers in Group 2 (plus 2 in G1 Elite) it would be a logistical nightmare to try to squeeze another dozen athletes in the same time frame at the same pool. Please email me as soon as you can! Lifeguarding The best time to lifeguard is now! We need your help!! PEASE sign-up in any available spot. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me.
 If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.
 I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife